Presentation: The Fallacy of Public Safety and Mass Incarceration by Larry Jefferson and David Trieweiler Tuesday, August 3 at 7:00 pm Hosted by Justice not Jails and OUUC Larry says, “Our society has been led to believe that the gains of the Civil Rights Era closed the chapter on Slavery and Jim Crow. This presentation […]
Faith in Action
Watch: Justice Innovation and Racial Equity in Thurston County – Online Community Forum
This online forum was held May 26, 2021 Thurston County is now home to several innovative justice programs. In this forum, you will hear about these programs’ progress, their plans for the future, and how the programs may affect the significant disparity in Thurston County’s minority arrest and incarceration rates. A question-and-answer session will […]
Share the Plate: Quixote Communities
Our Share the Plate recipient for May and June is Quixote Communities, which provides permanent supportive housing in tiny house villages for people experiencing homelessness. OUUC has a long history with Quixote. In February 2007 a group came to the Board and asked that OUUC shelter a homeless encampment that was being moved from a […]
GreenFaith and OUUC
by Wendy Steffensen March 11 was the official launch of GreenFaith, here in Olympia and around the world. In 49 countries and with over 400 gatherings, people of faith around the world called upon political leaders to respect the earth and all of its inhabitants. This call is rooted in love, and is supported by the teachings […]
Our new Share the Plate Recipient: Wild Grief
by Sara Lewis Grieving isn’t well supported in our culture. In one of our children’s classes once, a young child that I didn’t know very well shared that his grandfather had recently died, and “church was the only place where it was OK to be sad”. Everywhere else in his life, this child felt the […]
